Belt-retaining attachment for trousers



T. A. MANNING AND A. A. ENGEL. BELT RETAINING ATTACHMENT FOR TROUSERS.

APPLICATION FILEDY MAY SI. 1921.

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Patented Nov. 21, l922.

rras rarest carie THOMAS A. MANNING AND ADOLPH A. ENGEL, OF MILWAUKEE, 'VVISOONSIN.

BELT-RETAINING ATTACHMENT FOR TROUSERS.

Application filed May 31,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, THOMAS A. MAN- NING and ADoLPH A. ENGEL, citizens of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of VVisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Belt-Retaining Attachments for Trousers, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in belt holding clips for trouser waist bands.

The object of this invention is to provide a form of clip which can be expeditiously attached to trouser waist bands and clamped in position thereon in such a manner as to provide openings, each of a definite sue, to receive a belt, all of the openings being of uniform size.

More specifically our object is to provide a staple shaped metal clip having barbs to be inserted through the waist band, and provided with means for limiting the extent to which the barbs may be passed through the waist band, whereby the outer member of the clip may be spaced at a definite distance from the waist band, and a clinching point of definite length established for each barb. I

Our invention contemplates the substitution of metal clips for the strips of fabric heretofore stitched to the waist bands of trousers in a position to receive the belt, said metal clips being so constructed that a belt can be inserted through them with greater facility than it can be inserted through any clips or loops of fabric heretofore used for a similar purpose. It is also our object to provide means for attaching clips to trouser waist bands more expeditiously and with less expense than has heretofore been thought possible, our improved clip being less expensive in its assembled re lation to the waist band than the fabric loops heretofore employed.

An embodiment of our invention is shown in the drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved clip in assembled relation to a Waist band and a belt, said band and belt being illustrated in cross section.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the clip as it appears preparatory to its insertion in the 1921. Serial no. 473,732.

Waist band, i. e., as it is keted.

Figure 3 is an end view, and

Figure 4 is a perspective.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the blank from which the clip is struck up.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

An elongated strip of metal, preferably formed of sheet steel cut into the form of a rectangular strip 1, as shown in Figure 5, is bent transversely along the dotted lines 2 to form elbows, as illustrated in the other views, the end portions having their extremities trimmed to form the pointed barbs 3. Between the point 3 and the elbow 2, the material composing the barb is artially cut out and bent inwardly to form prongs 4 disposed at right angles to the barbs and parallel to the outer wall or back 5.

The clip formed as above described constitutes a staple shaped member, rectangular in cross section, but differing from an ordinary staple by having the prongs 4 struck up from the legs of the barbs and projecting inwardly therefrom parallel to the wall 5. A staple of this kind can readily be pushed through a piece of fabric, such as the waist band of a pair of trousers, until the prongs 4 contact with the waist band and limit the inward movement of the prongs. Thereupon the extremities 3 of the prongs may also be bent inwardly and clinched upon the inner face of the waist band, as indicated in Figure 1, a portion of the fabric being clamped between the extremities 3 of the barbs and prongs 4. The outer wall or back 5 is thus held at a definite distance from the waist band to which it is rigidly secured, and an opening of definite size provided through which the belt 7 may be looped, as clearly shown in Figure 1.

Inasmuch as the walls of the loop or belt receiving clip composing the loop will not collapse, it is possible to adjust the belt commercially marthrough them much more expeditiously than is the case where loops of fabric are employed. It is also possible to apply the clips to the waist band much more quickly than fabric loops can be stitched thereto, inasmuch as the staples can be driven into the having prongs projecting inwardly from the barbs and clinched upon the outer surface of the Waist band; said band being clamped between the clinching members in a .position to hold the back in a definite spaced relation to the band.

THOMAS A. MANNING. ADOLPH A. ENGEL. 

